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عظل

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes the concept of clinging, sticking together, or mounting, often in the context of sexual intercourse between animals. It extends to meanings of gathering, crowding, and even poetic techniques like embedding verses.

Derived headwords

العِظَالnoun
  1. 1.
    Clinging during matingclassical

    The act of animals, such as dogs, beasts of prey, and locusts, clinging to each other during copulation.

عَظَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to cling together (animals)classical

    Used for animals mounting each other during mating.

عَاظَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to cling together (animals)classical

    Animals clinging to each other during mating.

  2. 2.
    to embed (poetry)classical

    A poet embedding one verse within another, or causing verses to follow one another closely.

عَظَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to cling together (animals)classical

    Animals clinging to each other during mating.

تَعَاظَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to cling together (animals)classical

    Animals clinging to each other during mating.

  2. 2.
    to crowd togetherclassical

    Animals or people crowding or pressing against each other.

مُعَاظَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    clinging during matingclassical

    The act of animals clinging to each other during mating.

  2. 2.
    gatheringclassical

    The act of people gathering or crowding together.

عَاظِلَةadjective
  1. 1.
    clinging (locusts)classical

    Describing locusts that are clinging to each other during mating.

عُظْلَىadjective
  1. 1.
    clinging (locusts)classical

    Describing locusts that are clinging to each other during mating.

مُعْتَظِلadjective
  1. 1.
    clinging togetherclassical

    Describing animals or locusts that are clinging to each other.

العَظَلnoun
  1. 1.
    imprisoned peopleclassical

    People who are confined or imprisoned, derived from the idea of being stuck.

تَعَظَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather uponclassical

    People gathering or crowding upon someone, possibly to attack them.

العُظَالَىname
  1. 1.
    A day of battleclassical

    A famous day of battle between the tribes of Bakr and Tamim, named after the intense fighting and crowding.

العِظَالnoun
  1. 1.
    poetic embeddingclassical

    In poetry, the technique of embedding verses or clauses within each other, or the act of not separating poetic lines.

مُعَاظَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    poetic embeddingclassical

    The act of a poet embedding verses or clauses within each other.

المُعَظِّلadjective
  1. 1.
    dense with treesclassical

    A place that is abundant with trees.

المُعْظِئْلadjective
  1. 1.
    dense with treesclassical

    A place that is abundant with trees.

Parallel reading

الملازمة في السفاد من الكلاب والسباع والجراد وغير ذلك مما يتلازم في السفاد وينشب
Clinging during copulation from dogs, beasts of prey, locusts, and others that cling and get stuck during copulation.
وعظلت وعظلت «1»: ركب بعضها بعضا
And they clung and clung: one mounted the other.
وَاظَلَهَا فَعَظَلَهَا يَعْظِلُهَا
He mounted her and she clung to him, he mounts her.
وَاظَلَتِ الْكِلَابُ مُعَاظَلَةً وَعِظَالًا وَتَعَاظَلَتْ: لَزِمَ بَعْضُهَا بَعْضًا فِي السِّفَادِ
The dogs clung to each other in a clinging and sticking, and they clung together: they held onto each other during copulation.
كِلَابٌ تَعَاظَلُ سُودُ الْفَقَاحِ
Dogs clinging together, black of the muzzle.
يَبْغِي الْعِظَالَ مُصَحِّرًا بِالسُّؤْأَةِ
Seeking the clinging (in mating), exposing his private parts.
وَجَرَادٌ عَاطِلَةٌ وَعُظْلَى: مُتَعَاظِلَةٌ لَا تَبْرَحُ
And locusts clinging and very clinging: clinging to each other, not separating.
يَا أُمَّ عَمْرٍو، أَبْشِرِي بِالْبُشْرَى ... مَوْتٌ ذَرِيعٌ وَجَرَادٌ عُظْلَى
O mother of Amr, rejoice with good news... a widespread death and locusts clinging together.
تَعَاظَلَتِ الْجَرَادُ إِذَا تَسَافَدَتْ
The locusts clung together when they mated.
رَأَيْتُ الْجَرَادَ رِدَافَى وَرُكَابَى وَعِظَالًا إِذَا اعْتَظَلَتْ
I saw the locusts following one another, riding upon each other, and clinging together when they clung.
وَالْعَظَلُ: هُمُ الْمَحْبُوسُونَ، مَأْخُوذٌ مِنَ الْمُعَاظَلَةِ
And Al-'Athal: they are the imprisoned ones, taken from the concept of clinging together.
وَتَعَظَّلُوا عَلَيْهِ: اجْتَمَعُوا، وَقِيلَ: تَرَاكَبُوا عَلَيْهِ لِيَضْرِبُوهُ
And they crowded upon him: they gathered, and it was said: they mounted upon him to strike him.
أَخَذُوا قِسِيَّهُمْ بِأَيْمَنِهِمْ، ... يَتَعَظَّلُونَ تَعَظُّلَ النَّمْلِ
They took their bows in their right hands, ... crowding like ants.
وَمِنْ أَيَّامِ الْعَرَبِ الْمَعْرُوفَةِ يَوْمُ الْعُظَالَى
And among the known days of the Arabs is the Day of Al-'Uthala.
وَقِيلَ: سُمِّيَ يَوْمُ الْعُظَالَى لِأَنَّهُ تَعَاظَلَ فِيهِ عَلَى الرِّيَاسَةِ
And it was said: The Day of Al-'Uthala was named because they vied for leadership in it.
وَالْعِظَالُ فِي الْقَوَافِي: التَّضْمِينُ، يُقَالُ: فُلَانٌ لَا يُعَاظِلُ بَيْنَ الْقَوَافِي
And Al-'Ithal in rhymes: is embedding; it is said: So-and-so does not embed between rhymes.
وَعَاظَلَ الشَّاعِرُ فِي الْقَافِيَةِ عِظَالًا: ضَمَّنَ
And the poet embedded in the rhyme, embedding: he embedded.
أَشْعَرُ شُعَرَائِكُمْ مَنْ لَمْ يُعَاظِلِ الْكَلَامَ وَلَمْ يَتَتَبَّعْ حُوشِيَّهُ
The most poetic of your poets is he who does not embed words and does not pursue their obscure meanings.
قَوْلُهُ: لَمْ يُعَاظِلِ الْكَلَامَ أَيْ لَمْ يَحْمِلْ بَعْضَهُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ
His saying: 'he does not embed words' means he does not force some of it upon others.
وَالْمُعَظِّلُ وَالْمُعْظِئْلُ: الْمَوْضِعُ الْكَثِيرُ الشَّجَرِ
And Al-Mu'aththal and Al-Mu'thil: a place abundant with trees.